“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Imitation is the highest form of flattery

Imitation is the highest form of flattery

So there I was, beavering away at a rather tedious spreadsheet containing a whole bunch of business proposals, listening to an epic collection of power metal, when a track that sounded like AN ABSOLUTE DEAD RINGER for a RUNNING WILD choon popped into the queue. The...
Stealing from the poor to give to the rich

Stealing from the poor to give to the rich

Note: This is an expanded version of an email that I sent to my mailing list subscribers the other day. If you have not already signed up for that list, do so here so that you can receive these more direct communications from me to you. Have you ever read Ayn...
Monday morning GameSTONK gamble

Monday morning GameSTONK gamble

Well, THAT was an interesting week that we just left behind. The dominant headline from the past week was of course all about the way that individual investors made several big investors cry “UNCLE!” over their Gamestop short squeeze. And it was GLORIOUS...
Didactic Mind, Ep 66: The Will to Act

Didactic Mind, Ep 66: The Will to Act

In this week’s episode, I discuss four ideas that will help us as men to find the will and the strength to move through life even as we face strife and challenges. Those four ideas are: The will to act – simply put, the willingness and the ability to take...
Sunday Scripture: The Cost of Discipleship

Sunday Scripture: The Cost of Discipleship

25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear...
For those to whom much is given

For those to whom much is given

Our daily struggles often grind us down and wear us out. It is easy to become disheartened and downcast when fighting against a world that hates us. The reason it hates us is exceedingly simple. In a world built on lies and deceit, those who tell the truth are the...
Friday T&A: Bad Break-Up Edition

Friday T&A: Bad Break-Up Edition

The title of this week’s instalment in this most excellent and beloved series has nothing to do with me, personally. (Thank heavens.) It has to do instead with the inescapable FACT that the USA will self-destruct in the next ten years or so. At this point...
Atheism is a moral vacuum

Atheism is a moral vacuum

I’ve been stupidly busy today with a group project, so I’ll be very honest and admit right up front that this is my equivalent of “phoning it in”. That being said – before we get to the real point of this post, let’s go over a few...
Monday morning Claudian classics

Monday morning Claudian classics

It’s a depressing day, to be sure. Not just because it’s Monday, which is bad enough, but also because of everything going on around us. The political and economic winds are blowing hard and cold against us. We are in for some very difficult times ahead...